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Cheap puppy training pads - help

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Can anyone help steer me in the direction of some cheap puppy training pads .
I bought 30 pads for 4.99 in bm bargins but 4 days later im nearly out ! Its turning out to be quiet expensive puppy training!
thanks
I bought 30 pads for 4.99 in bm bargins but 4 days later im nearly out ! Its turning out to be quiet expensive puppy training!
thanks
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Do you know anyone with a Makro card?
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However, I think puppy training pads send mixed messages to puppies. I had a lot of success simply giving the puppy plenty of opportunities to go outside. This meant toilet breaks every 2 hours, even through the night, but it doesn't take long before you can stretch this to 3, 4, 5, etc. hours and IMO is much more effective than letting a dog pee indoors on a pad then expecting it to suddenly realise it should only be toileting outdoors.
thanks for the reply
As long as you have a fenced in garden which isnt shared you are fine to take your pup out into it
Even without that, id not use pads.I toilet trained a pup when I lived in a first floor flat with a shared open garden and managed just fine on papers. Soon as he was free to go out, I took a week off work and took him out everytime he looked like he needed to go - was clean within a week
Puppy pads are new innovation - another means to separate a consumer from their cash
Save the expense of buying the pads and the hassle and start to toilet outside is what I would do personally.
We have an enclosed garden and our puppy was allowed out there from the first day we brought him home and he was fully toilet trained by 11 weeks. Though it will mean taking the puppy outside very regular to start off with.
Our vets was pleased that we weren't bothering with the pad route with toilet training as she never recommends using them to anyone.
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Have heard from some using the pads that once trained to go on the pad you then need to retrain to go outside so it can take longer than the outdoor method.
Good luck with your puppy
As others have said, out into the garden very regularly, after waking, playing, eating, drinking and ever hour or so just on principle, make sure pup 'performs' and then back inside with loads of praise.
Set an alarm throughout the night just to quickly pop pup outside, no playing or fuss just out, toilet, back to bed. Yes it is very tiring for you but much better than the aftermath of cleaning each morning and it will speed things up so much.
Good luck